[Chopha]

Hello!

I’m thinking about making my own Ipod connector > 3,5mm interconnect, but I’m not quite sure on which of all the pins in the contact that I should solder left, right and ground on?

Could anyone show me a picture or a guide that will solve my problem?
Thanks in advance…
/Chopha

 

[FallenAngel]

DIY section page 3 - How I built an iPod Connector

 

[Chopha]

Thank you for that one.
Seems really easy to do also!

Just one more question:
When soldering silver cables such as:
http://www.qables.com/index.php?main...roducts_id=503
can I use standard soldering-tin, or do I have to use something else?

/Chopha

 

[FallenAngel]

Standard solder will work, but silver bearing solder should work a little better, at least in theory. In practice, I've noticed it's harder to work with so effictively, you have a lower chance of getting a perfect solder joint unless you're good at it which I would never claim to be just yet.

 

[Chopha]

Ok, then standard solder it is...
/Chopha

 

[picklgreen]

Do you have any experience soing any intricate soldering work? The pins are VERY small and close together!

 

[blueworm]

Advise since you are in sweden I presume you are buying the JAE connector from ridax.
Use the "A" or "E" model's the others have really delicate pins, and need to be glued together.

 

[barqy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueworm /img/forum/go_quote.gif Advise since you are in sweden I presume you are buying the JAE connector from ridax. Use the "A" or "E" model's the others have really delicate pins, and need to be glued together.

really?

i made 3 ipod dock connectors (1 out of copper, 2 out of 22awg silver) and they came out fine

i used the 'slim' connector.


thinking about building a cotton and silk one next

 

[Chopha]

No actually I intended to buy Ipod connector, 1m silver wire and a 3,5mm plug from www.qables.com.

 

[Sanddancer]

Handy hint for soldering ipod connectors:

Slide a sheet of paper between the pins so that only the pin you want to solder to is on one side of the paper. Now, as long as you're not completely cack handed and burn the paper, you can't fail to have a decent result

 

[rain_uk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanddancer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Handy hint for soldering ipod connectors: Slide a sheet of paper between the pins so that only the pin you want to solder to is on one side of the paper. Now, as long as you're not completely cack handed and burn the paper, you can't fail to have a decent result

Hint.. I soldered both ground pins 1 & 2 together for the ground wire for added strength, they are internally connected anyway

 

[Sanddancer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rain_uk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hint.. I soldered both ground pins 1 & 2 together for the ground wire for added strength, they are internally connected anyway

Hint: Use a pair of pliers or something to pull out all of the pins except those you're going to use and then splay out the pins that are left giving a ton of extra room

 

[rain_uk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanddancer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hint: Use a pair of pliers or something to pull out all of the pins except those you're going to use and then splay out the pins that are left giving a ton of extra room

Hint.. If you happen to break one of the fragile pins you need, you can replace a broken pin with one that you have pulled out, they will slide back in but mind which way up the pin needs to be.

 

[Chopha]

Thank you for all the hints.
I promise to post pics on how it all ended up in the "post pics on your builds..." sticky thread at the top of this sub-forum.

/Chopha

 

[Conan]

Ok guys, I encountered this awhile back when I popped open an ipod firewire sync cable to add an audio out.

Check this out:

http://www.ipodlinux.org/Dock_Connector

and then look at this:

http://pinouts.ru/Devices/ipod_pinout.shtml

You'd think the non-russian site would have the correct pinout right? Upon opening up the firewire plug though, the connections on it actually followed the russian site's pins.

So either the firewire sync cable I got was wired wrong (possible, since it is a non-apple cable, and I never tried to use it for firewiring syncing), or you guys are wiring the left & right channels backwards.

I mean, nothing explosive here besides swapped audio channels, but at least we'd know for sure...